Goliad man dies in plane crash in Ranger

Goliad resident Lynnwood Weiss and Richard Reeb, of Ranger, died Wednesday afternoon in a plane crash at Ranger Municipal Airport, according to Jared Calvert, airport spokesman.

Calvert said the crash occurred about 1:35 p.m.

Reeb was test flying a 2002 Spitefire Ultralight with Weiss, who was considering purchasing the aircraft.

"It looks like it was a textbook 'departure stall,'" Calvert said.

If the airplane goes below a safe flying speed, there is not enough air going over the wings, causing the plane to stall. When one wing stalls before the other, it sends the plane into a spin which is harder to recover from at lower altitudes Calvert said.